Chapter 4 (Updated)


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Two weeks later

Yang Jin POV

It was time to set off, he was taking with him all the new recruits. He needed them to be ready when the time comes. It's better that they got some experience now, instead of later when they'll be fighting in the big battle.

"So how did the training go?" asked Yang Jin.

"It went perfectly, now they have some chances of surviving this battle." said Ma Cong with a smirk.

"Good, how do our supplies look?" asked Yang Jin while looking at Zhu Fa.

"Everything's prepared, we only need to load the supplies." said Zhu Fa.


Later in the day

Normal POV

They arrived at a clearing not far from where Zhao troops were gathering, in order to rest and make a more concrete plan now that they had more information from scouts.

"Are the troops ready?" asked Yang Jin.

"Yes everything is in place." said Ma Cong while looking at his lord.

"How many soldiers does Zhao have?" asked Yang Jin in a curios tone.

"About twice as many as we have, that's around a thousand." said Ma Cong in a cheerful tone as if being outnumbered was a good thing.

"Good, that means we can take them." said Yang Jin with confidence in his voice.

"Do they know we're here?" asked Zhu Fa while looking at Ma Cong.

"It doesn't look like it, I think we can take them by surprise." said Ma Cong with a grin.

"We won't even need to approach them." said Yang Jin with a slight smirk on his face.

"Hoooh and how do you plan to win this battle without approaching them?" asked Ma Cong in a curious tone.

"And that's why lord Jin made you a bloodthirsty brute like you a mere officer and me a strategist." said Zhu Fa with a mocking tone.

"What? Jin that's not true, is it?" asked Ma Cong while looking at Jin, Jin refused to meet his eyes. Jin still can't get used to a giant man like Ma Cong pouting.

"Stop making that disgusting face in presence of our lord! Whoever is leading them is incompetent fool, we're going to take the higher ground and rain death down upon them." said Zhu Fa with narrowed eyes while looking at the hill near the Zhao Camp.

"Ma Cong make sure new recruits are at the front and remember, no survivors." said Yang Jin in a cold tone.

"Isn't it a bit brutal for their first experience?" asked Ma Cong with concern in his voice.

"Yes, this shall make them or break them. And if they break, they had no place here from the beginning." said Zhu Fa.

"Enough! Its time for action, time for words is past." said Yang Jin with finality in his voice.

"As you command." - said Zhu Fa and Ma Cong in unison.


During the night most of the troops gathered not too far from the hill and 50 men were hidden in the direction opposite of the hill. As ordered new recruits were at the front. They were wondering if this was going to be a night raid but that notion was dismissed as soon as they were told to take ten javelins each. After they got into formation and got their javelins all the soldiers slowly realized the plan. Most of the new recruits paled and veterans looked at them with sympathetic eyes. Soon they saw their young lord ride up on his horse and stop in front of them. He was dressed in his armor and had his weapon with him, it was a halberd that was obviously made for a man twice Yang Jin's size yet he seemed to handle it with ease. On his left side was a red cloak with a golden sun surrounded by dragons, the symbol of the Yang family. As he looked down upon them many troops shivered under his gaze, it felt like those eyes looked into their very souls, they judged them and found them wanting.

"Most of you probably realized by now the plan for this battle and know that despite the fact the we are outnumbered this will be a one sided battle. What were you taught during your drills?" asked their young lord with narrowed eyes and ice in his voice.

"No fear, no pity, no remorse!" responded soldiers.

"That's right, always remember that and you will not go astray in battle." said Yang Jin in a warm tone and suddenly soldiers felt his eyes soften as if he was finally satisfied with them but quickly became hard again. He rode away from the front and stopped beside Ma Cong and Zhu Fa near the right side of troops. After that troops took their position on top of the hill and were preparing for what's to come.

"Iacera pila! (Throw Pila/Javelins!)" commanded Yang Jin and watched with hard eyes as his soldiers hurled the javelins at the enemy, while many of them were still asleep. While it did not sit well with him to attack a helpless opponent, that soft way of thinking had no place in war.

"GAHHH!""WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!""MY LEG!""PHYSICIAN!""GAAHH""ATTA-GAHH"

Jin watched as Zhao soldiers died on droves with every volley and heard them cry out in pain, but he hardened his heart knowing that this is only the beginning and that the path he chose only gets harder and more ugly from here. Most of them died with by the fifth volley, those who survived were running in the opposite direction and that's when the 50 soldiers that were hidden there struck. Orders of their young lord were clear. No survivors!

Morning

Yang Jin and his troops stood in front of a pile of burning bodies. He felt that he needed to explain to his soldiers why he was burning their bodies instead of leaving them to rot and being fed on by animals, something that many soldiers felt was a justified punishment for trying to attack their home and people. So he said in a hard voice while looking at them:

"Men, I want you to remember something. Hate your enemy in life but respect them in death."


AN

Thank for reading once again guys, hope you liked it. I just noticed that my story reached over a hundred views, so I gave myself a pat on the back and promise that as a thanks I will soon give you a big battle scene that will last a few chapters.

Just for the future reference, you will notice me using a lot of quotes from different places. I just want to say that if you see a quote that sounds really good it's probably a variation of something someone said or exact replica, but that's what a disclaimer is for.

Also if you want to know what the armor of Yang Jin looks like, look up Lu Bu from Dynasty Warriors 7 and his weapon looks like Sky Piercer from the same series. I'm sorry I just couldn't resist, Lu Bu is just too badass.